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30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Campaigner Dr Tom Shakespeare nominates left wing Italian revolutionary Antonio Gramsci. With Matthew Parris. From 2014. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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How people with dwarfism have been represented in art and culture, from Ancient Egypt to Velasquez to Game of Thrones. Show more
10 minutes
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Tom Shakespeare argues the House of Lords should be completely reformed and cut to 300 members (instead of over 800): 100 politicians, 100 experts and 100 members of the public. Show more
10 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Tom Shakespeare argues that the country needs a new national anthem, one that reflects the diversity and values of the whole of the United Kingdom and is in tune with the times. Show more
10 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Tom Shakespeare is concerned by the growth in cosmetic surgery and the pressure more and more women and girls in particular feel to conform to a face and body type. Show more
10 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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After hearing a former political prisoner and a holocaust survivor tell their stories, Tom Shakespeare concludes that personal experience is the most powerful form of expertise. Show more
10 minutes
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Tom Shakespeare reflects on how all the political populists who now occupy our imaginations are master story tellers. But he argues we need both facts and persuasive stories. Show more
10 minutes
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Wheelchair user, Tom Shakespeare, reflects on what it feels like to be dependent on others and the effect of dependence on identity. Show more
10 minutes
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Tom Shakespeare presents the first of his four essays. In this episode he asks whether compassion can and should be taught. Show more
10 minutes
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The 'model animal' method epitomizes the success of the scientific strategy of reductionism, says Tom Shakespeare. But it may also illustrate the downside. Show more
10 minutes
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Tom Shakespeare presents the third of his four essays. Shouldn't we in Britain have better festivals? Shouldn't we celebrate Midsummer? Show more
10 minutes
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Tom Shakespeare presents the last of his four essays. Isn't it time to democratize art? Shouldn't the public be allowed to borrow works of art from our national collections? Show more
10 minutes
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Tom Shakespeare argues that we have nothing to fear from disability. Show more
10 minutes
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Scotland could become independent. So, asks Tom Shakespeare, should England consider returning to an earlier order - a heptarchy of seven independent jurisdictions?
10 minutes
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Tom Shakespeare says that increasing wisdom in middle age is some compensation for cognitive decline. Show more
10 minutes
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Tom Shakespeare thinks that reformed select committees have revitalised Parliament, but he warns against the temptation to play to the gallery and to cross-examine unfairly. Show more
10 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Tom Shakespeare says that disabled people's right to independent living is under threat as a result of the imminent winding up of the Independent Living Fund. Show more
John Lloyd and Sally Phillips welcome comedian Joe Lycett, sociologist Tom Shakespeare and TV presenter Konnie Huq. From 2018. Show more
Rana Mitter chairs a debate about the best ways of developing scientific breakthroughs. With Carlos Frenk, Jim al-Khalili, lecturer Katy Price and Tom Shakespeare. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Sociologist Tom Shakespeare and film-maker Peter Greenaway join Matthew Sweet to discuss an exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of the death of artist Hieronymus Bosch. Show more
